10 Financials Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities.

Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Traders will search for circumstances when the market estimation of an option diverges heavily from its normal worth. High amounts of trading activity could push option prices to exaggerated or underestimated levels.

Here's the list of options activity happening in today's session:

Explanation

These itemized elaborations have been created using the accompanying table.

• For SCHW SCHW, we notice a call option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 38 day(s) on April 21, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.0K, with a price of $360.0 per contract. There were 5229 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 5070 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For WAL WAL, we notice a put option trade that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 2999 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $269.9K, with a price of $90.0 per contract. There were 149 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 4044 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For BX BX, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 94 day(s) on June 16, 2023. This event was a transfer of 150 contract(s) at a $80.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 24 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $87.0K, with a price of $580.0 per contract. There were 6608 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3767 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For C C, we notice a call option trade that happens to be neutral, expiring in 311 day(s) on January 19, 2024. This event was a transfer of 50 contract(s) at a $45.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $35.2K, with a price of $705.0 per contract. There were 11968 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 3238 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding JPM JPM, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 94 day(s) on June 16, 2023. Parties traded 98 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 8 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $64.1K, with a price of $655.0 per contract. There were 11156 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2624 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding FRC FRC, we observe a put option trade with bearish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 88 contract(s) at a $25.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $36.0K, with a price of $410.0 per contract. There were 564 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 2052 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding UPST UPST, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. Parties traded 500 contract(s) at a $15.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $45.0K, with a price of $90.0 per contract. There were 13289 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 960 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• For NLY NLY, we notice a put option sweep that happens to be bearish, expiring in 3 day(s) on March 17, 2023. This event was a transfer of 100 contract(s) at a $21.50 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 5 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $25.8K, with a price of $258.0 per contract. There were 2918 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 853 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding PNC PNC, we observe a put option sweep with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 50 contract(s) at a $130.00 strike. This particular put needed to be split into 11 different trades to become filled. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $44.5K, with a price of $890.0 per contract. There were 217 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 724 contract(s) were bought and sold.

• Regarding MET MET, we observe a call option trade with bullish sentiment. It expires in 38 day(s) on April 21, 2023. Parties traded 130 contract(s) at a $60.00 strike. The total cost received by the writing party (or parties) was $28.6K, with a price of $220.0 per contract. There were 6142 open contracts at this strike prior to today, and today 591 contract(s) were bought and sold.

Options Alert Terminology
- Call Contracts: The right to buy shares as indicated in the contract.
- Put Contracts: The right to sell shares as indicated in the contract.
- Expiration Date: When the contract expires. One must act on the contract by this date if one wants to use it.
- Premium/Option Price: The price of the contract.

For more information, visit our Guide to Understanding Options Alerts or read more news on unusual options activity.

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